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Lindsay Lohan, Tina Fey, and the Case of the Disappearing Mean Girls Selfie

Mean Girls reunion selfies have been oddly prevalent in 2014. In February, Lindsay Lohan (who, of course, played Cady Heron) posed alongsideRajiv Surendra (captain of the math squad Kevin G) and Daniel Franzese (Damian), providing us with a “here’s what we look like now!” update, which we would normally rely on an Entertainment Weekly “reunion issue” to provide. (They all look . . . about the same, but 10 years older!) Then, earlier this month, Franzese was involved in yet another reunion shot, this time posing with on-screen BFF Lizzy Caplan (Janice), and Amy Poehler (who portrayed Regina George’s “cool mom” mother). It seems sort of appropriate and great that Damian is the one involved in all of these reunions, right? You know Damian would be continually text-harassing all of them (even Regina, who wouldn’t have responded to one of Damian’s texts in years).

Anyway, yesterday, Lohan provided a third selfie to add to the pantheon, in a shot that featured her with Tina Fey (the button-clad Ms. Norbury). “Lovely running into an inspiring, funny, beautiful old friend!!!!” Lohan wrote. Sweet, no? Lohan has frequently referred to Fey as a mentor of sorts, and Fey has generally expressed support of the embattled star. And this nicely lit, pursed-lips selfie has an almost symbolic power—these two women have been through so much over the past 10 years. If it hadn’t been for Fey, Lohan might never have ascended to the high highs (and subsequent low lows) that she did; if not for Lohan, Mean Girls could perhaps have been just another well-received-and then-quickly-forgotten teen comedy. There are stories and feuds and tears and laughs all embedded in this selfie.

But, distressingly and confusingly, the selfie has now been deleted without explanation. Did Fey’s team decide they would rather not have her featured on Lindsay Lohan’s Instagram account? Did Lohan accidentally delete the picture? Is Gretchen Wieners somehow involved? (She’s the one that would be, right? Regina’s so over Instagram.) Sadly, this is likely to remain a mystery, unless OWN renews Lohan’s reality show, in which case it seems quite probable this deleted selfie could comprise an entire three-episode arc.